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Tuesday 25 March 2025 e Wednesday 26 March 2025, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A bugler's sword of the noble guard, Metà del XIX Secolo

Estimate

€ 700 - 900

Sold

€ 875

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Papal States
length 98-5 cm.
Straight, single-and-false-edged blade, with fuller and ribbed tip; nickel-plated. Gilt brass hilt, shell-guard with beaded border, featuring a circle (also beaded) in the centre and surrounding the crossed numbers and letters "GN" in italics, black background; straight quillons with bud-shaped ends; guard with high end culminating in a hunting horn; pommel shaped as a black-enameled (refreshed) Moor's head with gilt turban. Gilt brass grip of rectangular shape, checkered and surmounted in the centre, on both sides, with a shield with owner's numbers (a smoothbore shield). Leather scabbard with brass mounts.